“In Germany, we often hear the absurd complaint that museums don't have the money to buy paintings. Of course, I'm not talking about me and my paintings. There are, after all, more popular painters in this country.” CountryCoursesTalkingPaintingAbsurdPainterGermanyMuseumsComplaintsNot TalkingTalking About Me Author:Georg Baselitz
“All German painters have a neurosis with Germany's past: war, the postwar period most of all, East Germany. I addressed all of this in a deep depression and under great pressure. My paintings are battles, if you will.” WarPastPaintingBattlePainter Author:Georg Baselitz
“A painter doesn't need any talent. In fact, it's better not to have it.” TalentPainter Author:Georg Baselitz
“Talent seduces us into interpretation. My sister could draw wonderfully, but she would never have hit upon the idea of becoming a painter. I never had that extreme talent.” TalentPainterMy SisterSeducing Author:Georg Baselitz
“Nowhere in my collection do I, say, have a Auguste Renoir painting. Because everybody knows that this is a good painter without me having to demonstrate it.” PaintingPainter Author:Georg Baselitz
“I paint German artists whom I admire. I paint their pictures, their work as painters, and their portraits too. But oddly enough, each of these portraits ends up as a picture of a woman with blonde hair. I myself have never been able to work out why this happens.” ArtEndsEnoughHappensAbleArtistHairPaintWork OutAdmirePainterPortraitsBlondeBlonde HairLong Blonde Hair Author:Georg Baselitz
